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Show .1 ivcvicw - iiiursuctj, auuc iu, iaa - rae 11 Viewpoint By Jack Hill the mens and womens divisions. UCLA won the womens crown in this first ever combined men and womens track championships. If rumors circulating among officials during the meet prove to be true, this will be UTEP's last championship for a while. According to the rumor mill, the NCAA is investigating the UTEP track program and will shortly come down hard on the Miners for recruiting violations. The rumors might come from a feeling of jealousy as UTEP had another terrific team. Suleiman Nyambui won his 15 individual NCAA title with a win in the rain soaked 5,000. The silver medalist in the last Olympics has one cross country title, six indoor first place finishes and eight outdoor titles. The UTEP 'Foreign Legion' won the meet with their distance men from Africa. ABC will televise the meet Sunday afternoon and it's worth watching. What people don't see is how the TV people try to take over the meet and run it to their Farrer had to give 'both barrels' to one of the cameramen who wouldn't get off the track, even after the runners were in the blocks ready to start. Overall the meet was terrific. The weather was nasty twice, but according to those who have been to the meet over the years all around the country, that's the rule, not the exception. Those same experts say that there is no better facility anywhere than the one at BYU. Here's some notes I made while acting as an assistant starter at the NCAA Track and Field Champion-ships at BYU last week. Monday- - Today the 10 event decathlon for men and the 7 event heptathlon for women began. What great looking athletes. There are 19 men and 13 women competing in this two day event to determine the best collegiate athletes. Charmine Gale from Arizona high jumped 12 inches over her 5 foot height. That a world record for women for height jumped over the competitors own height. Tuesday-- Welti's weather forcast for 'fair weather through the weekend' was wrong, as usual. During the last heat of the mens 110 high hurdles, it rained. No it poured! Everyone ran for cover but this new track stadium was no place to hide. An hour and half later it was over and by afternoon the sun was out again. The new track receives raves from almost everyone. It' fast, has all the events in easy viewing distance and is designed for maximum safety. With the mountain backdrop it is beautiful. The only complaints I hear are from the photographer's. Of course, they always complain. They want to be right on the track and in the other event areas, but BYU has restricted. Jack Smith, of the Associated Press, loves the track but says there are too many officials where they are not supposed to be. I agree. The guys from Sports Illustrated will shoot over 100 rolls of 36 exposure color slide film during the meet. That's 3600 shots! Good grief. Jack Smith says he's not a big shooter. He'll only use 35-4- 0 rolls of fUm! Top Ten Sports in the Mall furnished each official with a hat, windbreaker and a new pair of Nike shoes. Thanks Top Ten! Wednesday- - Trials most of the day. Mark Farrer, the head starter goes through a lot of ammunition in his 44 calibre pistol. Everyone likes the big "band and plenty of smoke." No question when the gun goes off. He's wired for three Accutracks and wearing a sound system mike to aid in the staggered races, he looks like a robot. Thursday- - Guess who everyone turned out to see run? Herschel Walker, the muscular sprinter-footba- ll player from Georgia. Walker finished sixth in his heat of 8 even though he ran 10.43. Thats about a 9.4 hundred! Stanley Floyd blistered the trials with a 10.12. BYU linebackers might be thinking about 'redshirting' next season after seeing Walker run. He is awesome! Friday- - Greatest high jump competition ever! Fourteen men cleared 7-- 4 and two jumped a meet record 7-- 7 Milt Otley of UTEP and Jeff Woodard of Alabama held the crowd after the running events were over to watch them try a world record 7-- 9 Vt. Both men came close. The great jumping area helped 14 of the 19 contestants to personal records (PR's). The new 12 place scoring format is a good idea. It allows more athletes to continue competition. The consolation race in the running events is for places 9 through 12 and adds interest. Bob Womack, the announcer from Fresno, says he did 37 meets last year. He must know more about track and field than anyone else in the country. Saturday- - Meet records were falling almost every race until the cold downpour and terrific wind hit shortly after 4 p.m. The pole vault, womens high jump, and long jump were delayed but we went on with the running events because the 'running jury' felt the weather would not get any better. Calvin Smith, the fifth fastest man in the world was disqualified on the false start rule in the 100 meters but Stanley Floyd of Houston set a new NCAA record in the event of 10:30. Football coaches were seen lusting after the shot putters. How much bigger and stronger can they get? Dean Crouser, a 6-- 255 pound quick giant from Oregon win both the shot and discus. His 68-- 4 in the shot was just one half inch better than the put by Mike Lehmann of Illinois. UTEP won the mens title with 105 points with Tennessee second in both ! v ' - - . - ; - Mr - v $xv a 'V " 'V V - ii t . fA 3 ! 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